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    European Parliament Building Strasbourg © European Union 2017 - Source : EP
    European Parliament Building Strasbourg © European Union 2017 - Source : EP
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    Debriefing of the July Plenary Session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included the Nature Restauration Law above all, but also files of the Fit for 55 package, Industrial Emissions Directive, Search and rescue in the Mediterranean, Ecodesign Regulation, and more to discover.
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    Debriefing of the April Plenary Session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included important files from the FitFor55 Package (CBAM, ETS, SCF), the Deforestation regulation, Forever pollutants, EU-China relations and LGBTQ+ rights in Uganda, among others. Read more.
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    Afghanistan, where the world failed humanity

    Since the Taliban takeover in 2021, Afghan people are living through an absolute nightmare. Women and girls are facing particularly difficult conditions under Taliban rule. During this conference, policymakers, Afghans, and civil society actors will focus on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, in particular for women and girls.
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    Deaths at sea preventable but predictable until EU changes course

    Members of the European Parliament will debate the recent, tragic loss of life in the Mediterranean Sea. The Greens/EFA Group called for today’s debate to draw attention to the lack of sea rescue missions, and safe passage for refugees, which is contributing to the high loss of life at the EU’s borders.
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    Sergey Lagodinsky
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    Defending and Protecting Civic Space

    Civic space is the cornerstone of every vibrant democracy, allowing citizens to organise and meaningfully engage in shaping their societies. In recent years, civic space in the EU and other countries in the world has become increasingly threatened. Against this background, the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament brings together re…
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    Plenary Flash - 13-16 February 2023

    On the agenda for the plenary session: Green Deal Industrial Plan, adequate minimum income, preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, an updated mandate for the special committee on foreign interference, an independent EU ethics body, CO2 emissions for cars and vans, and developing an EU cycling strategy.
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    Plenary Flash - 16-19 January 2023

    On the agenda for the plenary session: Election of a new Vice-President of the Parliament, the terrorist threat posed by far-right extremist networks, the storming of the Brazilian democratic institutions, executions of protesters in Iran, Uber lobbying practices in the EU, food price inflation debate, and Waste Shipment Regulation.
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    Press release |

    Commission’s assessment of Hungary welcome, now Council must defend democracy

    The European Commission has just presented its assessment of the Hungarian government’s 17 measures aimed at tackling the rampant corruption in the country surrounding the misuse of EU funds. The Commission’s assessment, if agreed by the Council, will result in a freezing of certain European funds to Hungary.
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    Plenary Flash - 21-24 November 2022

    On the agenda for the plenary session: Asylum and migration including search and rescue, Hungary and the conditionality mechanism, women on boards, biodiversity COP15, budget 2023 and the protection of rainbow families.
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    Towards Schrems III?

    What would a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework mean for the privacy of citizens on both sides of the Atlantic? Could this agreement spark new federal surveillance legislation in the US, and usher in a new era for a digital trans-Atlantic relationship based on the respect for fundamental rights? International data transfers with th…